Shustoke Reservoir lies two miles east of Coleshill on the B4114 Coleshill to Furnace End Road, south of the River Bourne. At 1.5km west to east, the main pool is only 400m at its widest point. The River Bourne feeds the smaller eastern pool (8 acres), the water is then transferred to the main reservoir (92 acres). Disturbance at weekends can be a problem.

Sunday, 24 June 2012

Slave to The Garden

Spent the whole day in the garden, even though there was a Little Swift in Merseyside, but if I don’t do it no one else will. I had a bit of interest with a fly over Hobby. But the main find was a dead Spotted Flycatcher which I raked out of the border from under a large Oak tree. I have only ever seen one life Spot Fly and technically it wasn’t in the garden. It looked to have only been dead a few days, but unfortunately it is in an area where I wouldn’t see it from the house. However, I am pretty miffed that I never saw it alive and makes me wonder how long it had been there.